We have noticed how it is often in the quiet time that women be-gin to labor towards giving birth - the silence, the cloak of night, the early dawn.
This is also true of inner creativity. It often requires the stillness and non-doing of our selves for it to spring forth. We need to allow quiet time alone, silent spaces without a calendar, agenda, pagers, telephones, calls of "mommy!" to foster the creativity within us.
The miracle of giving birth to ourselves is no less miraculous than physical birth. By allowing and if need be, making, those quiet times in our lives we allow for more creativity to emerge from within and shape what we do.
Contemplations-
• Do I take some quiet time for myself each day?
• What can I do to honor this need even better?
Activities-
* Experiment with different ways, times, amount of quiet time - long early morning showers, evening strolls, meditative solitary lunches, sitting in garden or wilderness. Let it be fun, not an obligation to beat yourself with!
* Make your deliberate quiet times a special time, even if it is in a common place by choosing an incense or a candle that you burn only for quiet time. Or you can sing a special song. Fill the space with your intention for quiet creation.
--Terra Rafael
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